r/TheDeprogram got banned

just like r/chapotraphouse and r/genzedong that sub was kinda like baby's first leftist space so there were a lot of people on there who were maybe a little too excited to celebrate yesterday's events (honestly some of it seemed like borderline fedposting). I knew it was a matter of time until the sub got banned.

It was botted pretty badly as of late. I think they've been wanting to find an excuse to get rid of it for a while now

Gonna sticky it for now because there is an influx of new users here because of the ban.

Welcome to everyone reading this and to everyone already applied. For those who do the application and are now lurking: don't worry if it takes a little bit of time to be approved.

Fuck Reddit.

based reddit can eat shit

another reddit day that ends in "-y"

Wow, I wasn't an active poster or commenter there, but the writing on the wall really made me decide to finally move to Lemmy.

Greetings comrades!

(photo is how I'll feel when I'm arrested for Marxist-Leninist memes)

same lol, just migrated here today

We gotta do a massive recruitment campaign on Reddit

That's how I ended up here. Think I'm done with reddit now.
that’s how i found lemmygrad, big recruitment push on reddit during the period of moderator unrest in late 2022 lol

I knew that this would happen eventually but knowing that didn't me make me any less sad today. Reddit is a shithole.

On censorship:

Communists are not scared of censorship. To capitulate to the censors is to admit from the start that we don't believe in our own theory. It's opportunistic, because it leads one to the depths of liberalism. After all if one is scared of being censored for being a communist, then the only solution is to toe the line and you might as well become a democrat if you're scared of saying anything that could get you banned from any big platform.

The solution is to take control of our own tools, and build dual power. And I don't mean this online specifically, I mean in every aspect of life. Many parties today make the mistake of capitulating to censorship before they are even censored, because they're scared. Then they become reformist parties, indistinguishable from liberals, diluting theory to become socially acceptable and palatable as the material conditions continue dwindling around us. Anything to get on TV.

Places such as Lemmygrad allow us to congregate, talk and have a community. But more than that, they also allow us to share knowledge and theory and learn from each other. The solution is to have both self-owned platforms and continue the struggle outside of our bubbles too. It's not all one or the other, it's both.

Lemmygrad can't be banned - first of all it's all federated. Even if lemmygrad stopped existing, every post that's federated on the dozens of instance we are linked with would still be up. You can't take down the federated web unless you take down every single federated website. Moreover, lemmygrad is self-hosted. Being self-hosted, the website can also be brought back very quickly. This is the case for any self-hosted website if you run daily backups like you should be doing anyway.

The solution is to take control of our own tools, and build dual power.
Hell yeah! This has been how I've felt for a long time!

👈 It's afraid.

Man, this is some bull shit how can these zionist scum keep posting about Israel and its genocidal rhetoric and the deprogram get banned. Shit ain't right

that’s corporate social media - where wrong things are right and bad things are good. that’s because of who owns them. it’s that cultural hegemony that gramsci told us about.

Welcome home comrades!

And….so now I’m here. Hi comrades.

I have been expecting this for a while now but it's a bit surreal to see it actually happen. r/TheDeprogram played an important role in my radicalization and introduced me to Lemmygrad for the first time. I never actually posted there but I have been a lurker for a long time and so I'm going to miss it. Hopefully this leads to an influx of new Lemmygrad users, I guess now the only political subreddit I'm going to browse is r/ShitLiberalsSay although Reddit will probably come for it as well soon.

Same here. I was just a milquetoast demsoc before I got deprogrammed.
Late stage capitalism is getting pretty based too. Deprogram was becoming the new Chapo. Chapo did to me what Deprogram did for you. Turned me from a dumb little lib to a full on commie but pushing me into Lemmy lol.

This is our 9/11

What about when Allende was overthrown by a CIA backed junta?
- That too
- Yeah, that was pretty bad.

Breaking no-violence-against-whites rules I'm guessing?

They were turning into a new Chapo subreddit. Reddit has been looking for a reason to ban them for a while I would imagine. Got too big and too left. There used to be more libs in there but most have been converted or driven off. I imagine the late stage capitalism sub won't be far behind. They are getting more and more radical and showing way too much support for China.
If the ban ends up being permanent, it would be good to make a public promo post inviting their refugees onto https://lemmygrad.ml/c/thedeprogram
Good thing I backed up the wiki on here. Could you move it onto Prolewiki also? I can provide raw Markdown files of all the wiki entries.
- I'm a bit busy, so I'd def appreciate someone else adding it to prolewiki.
I wouldn't say Charlie was white. He looked red from the clips I saw.
Even though Russians are white, I've seen many other white people on Reddit celebrating the deaths of Russian civilians, which is shocking.

I'd be telling people to move to Lemmy in starwarscommiememes or other communities banning kirkposting for fear of getting banned, but I was enjoying myself a little too much yesterday

Welcome comrades!

I wondered how long it would take.. With that being said, welcome home new comrades! Let's discuss food sometime!

hello comrades. crazy times. can't believe r/TheDeprogram got banned

Hello new peps 👋👋👋

Welcome!

Welp, Time to dusting the lemmy account, i guess?

real, just did the same

Never let a crisis go to waste, they always say.

That’s okay! Bring all those comrades to Lemmy. Let the liberal redditors cry

Well, I sure didn't expect this post to get stickied.

Well then again, I didn't expect myself to become an active member of a smallish communist internet forum either.

reddit did you a service

First as a tragedy then as a farce

How is lemmygrads hosting situation? If we get a big flood of new active users are we good, or could we hit capacity?

We're nowhere close to hitting capacity, lemmy is very performant.
We can always upgrade or move to different VPS hosts if necessary... we've had to do this before and its only a day of downtime max.
Probably something @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml, @CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml or @dessalines@lemmy.ml might be able to answer
If new users are encouraged to spread across lemmygrad.ml, lemmy.ml and hexbear.net it shouldn't be an issue.

Im shocked it lasted as long as it did

r/shitliberalssay and r/trueanon are next.
💯 This
It was probably one of the largest common subs and they actually were pretty decent at turning libs into baby commies etc. I fear late stage capitalism is next honestly. That sub gets more based as time goes on. They are getting way too supportive of China for reddits liking.

Welcome new comrades to the community! 😄

Oh also to any new to lemmy people who see this if your looking for a mobile app Jerboa is on f droid and made by the same dev who made lemmy. Theres lots of different front ends but thats what id recommend.

i use an iphone and i’m using Voyager. i don’t know anything about it except that it seems to work lol
edit: i find it easier to use than the browser version (due to neurodivergent touch screen struggles)